Bastard

['bɑːstəd;'bæst-] or ['bæstɚd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; 'the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic'.

(noun.) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents.

校對:伍德罗--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

(n.) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.

(n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.

(n.) A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.

(n.) A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

(a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.

(n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.

(n.) Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.

(n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.

(v. t.) To bastardize.

編輯:菲利普

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Love-child, illegitimate child, natural child.

a. [1]. Illegitimate.[2]. Spurious, false, counterfeit, not genuine.

錄入:丽贝卡

解釋/意思:

n. a child born of parents not married.—adj. born out of wedlock: not genuine: resembling but not identical with the species bearing the name: of abnormal shape or size: false.—n. Bas′tard-bar a popular but inaccurate name for the baton-sinister in heraldry.—v.t. Bas′tardise to prove to be a bastard.—adv. Bas′tardly (obs.).—ns. Bas′tard-wing three four or five feathers springing from the side of the wing of a bird near the point attached to a bony process which is the homologue of the thumb in some mammalia; Bas′tardy Bas′tardism the state of being a bastard.—Bastard title an abbreviated title of a book on an otherwise blank page preceding the full title-page; Bastard types types cast with an extra deep bevel to obviate the use of leads as Longprimer face on Pica body.

校對:迈拉